Saturday, May 16, 2015

Well, here we go folks. The resin shipment came in last Friday.
I've been putting in about 4-6 hours a day on resin, but the weather
has not been kind here in New York. On Friday through Sunday it was
in the high eighties—basically cooking the interior of the tin
roofed resin workshop. We haven't been able to run the air
conditioning unit because of the cost, so we are having to work when
the temperatures are naturally cooler (Early morning – late at
night.). Essentially, the resin we use will boil when mixed at
temperatures above 80 degrees. Things are moving along a bit slower
than we would like in that department. From Wednesday to Friday the
temperatures outside have been too cold. Thursday night the
temperature was right at freezing. Again we can not run the electric
heaters, too expensive when we have no cash flow, so we must wait
until the temperature climbs in the workshop. (The resin will be
gummy and break like poorly baked cookies if the temperatures are
below 69 degrees.) But onto more positive news.

On the production side of things, concerning the mats, August is
nearly finished and we will be starting September soon. I believe
September will be a smaller month as far as orders went. On another
positive note, as listed on the ZUZZY store page, we can now send out
orders in these sizes—2X4FT. and smaller mats within our normally
stated time frame—probably sooner.

We have used half of the latex we received two weeks ago. Normally
we would order more at this time, but cash is tight so we will not be
doing this at this time. We'll see how the can bounces as we kick
that one down the road a bit.

On the shipping end of things. We have experienced a few bumps in
the road. We are trying to resolve those problems. So, June and July
customers, if you haven't received your packages yet, don't panic,
they will be on your doorsteps soon.

Also, at the beginning of this upcoming week we will start paying
back the customers which wanted refunds that fell outside of Paypal's
charge back policy—starting with June. We will be contacting each
of you in email and then be sending a check in the mail. This, also,
will be a slower process than any of us would like.

And, a few of you have asked for pictures. Jim and I are still
discussing this and perhaps in future posts we will put up a few to
go along with the updates.
The battle continues . . .